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Iligan

(Encyclopedia) Iligan Iligan ēlēˈgän [key], city, capital of Lanao del Norte prov., W central Mindanao, the…

Lackawanna, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) LackawannaLackawannalăkəwäˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 20,585), Erie co., W N.Y., on Lake Erie; inc. 1909. Formerly a major steel-making center, Lackawanna experienced the rapid and…

Kolar

(Encyclopedia) KolarKolarkōlärˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 83,287), Karnataka state, SW India. Manufactures include textiles and leather goods. Founded in the late 19th cent., Kolar was the center of the…

Konotop

(Encyclopedia) KonotopKonotopkŏnətŏpˈ [key], city (1990 est. pop. 96,900), N Ukraine, on the Ezuch River. It is a rail junction and agricultural center with railroad repair shops and an…

Kremenchuk

(Encyclopedia) KremenchukKremenchukkrĭmĭnch&oomacr;kˈ [key], Rus. Kremenchug, city (1989 pop. 237,000), central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River. It is the center of an industrial complex based on a…

Krishnagar

(Encyclopedia) KrishnagarKrishnagarkrĭshˈnəgər [key], city (1991 pop. 121,110), West Bengal state, E central India, on the Jalangi River. It is a district administrative center and a road and rail…

Junín, city, Argentina

(Encyclopedia) JunínJunính&oomacr;nēnˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 70,138), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina, on the Salado River. It is a busy commercial center for an agricultural and livestock area…

Longwy

(Encyclopedia) LongwyLongwylôNwēˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 15,647), Meurthe-et-Moselle dept., NE France, near the Belgian and Luxembourg borders. The center of the Lorraine iron and steel industry,…

Dwight, John

(Encyclopedia) Dwight, John, fl. 1671–98, English potter, reputed founder of the Chelsea porcelain factory. The registration in 1671 of his patent for the “Mistery of transparent earthenware …” is…

Dumba, Konstantin Theodor

(Encyclopedia) Dumba, Konstantin TheodorDumba, Konstantin Theodorkônstäntēnˈ tāˈōdôr d&oobreve;mˈbä [key], 1856–1947, Austro-Hungarian diplomat. As ambassador (1913–15) to the United States, he…